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Grove Farm Plantation: the biography of a Hawaiian sugar plantation (2nd ed.). Pacific Books. ISBN 978-0-87015-242-9. Judith Dean Gething Hughes (1996). Women and Children First: The Life and Times of Elsie Wilcox of Kauai. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press. ISBN 0-8248-1621-8. (alk. paper)
In 1969, the first Royal Sonesta Hotel was built in New Orleans. [12] [13] In 1970, the Hotel Corporation of America was rebranded Sonesta International Hotels. The name "Sonesta" was a portmanteau of A.M. Sonnabend's nickname "Sonny" and his wife Esther's name. [14] The company introduced "Just Us Kids", a children's club program, in 1975. [15]
The agency felt the company already had a great name that was used by the Rib Room restaurants that operated at many of the hotels. The name was Sonesta. Sonesta is derived from "Sonny" and "Esther". AM Sonnabend was known to many as "Sonny". Among the many commercial interests of AM Sonnabend, was a Holstein dairy farm located in Massachusetts.
McBryde merged with the Grove Farm Company in 1948. [9] The plantation was shut down in 1996. [10] In 2000 Grove Farm was sold to Steve Case, whose grandfather A. Hebard Case had worked on the plantation. [11] He paid US$25 million and assumed $60 million of debt, but was sued by other shareholders since his father had served as lawyer for the ...
Map showing the location of Kure Atoll in the Hawaiian island chain Kure Atoll sign. Kure Atoll (/ ˈ k ʊər iː /; Hawaiian: Hōlanikū, lit. 'bringing forth heaven'; Mokupāpapa, 'flat island') [1] or Ocean Island is an atoll in the Pacific Ocean 48 nautical miles (89 km; 55 mi) west-northwest of Midway Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands at
Cynodon dactylon, commonly known as Bermuda grass, also known as couch grass in Australia and New Zealand, is a grass found worldwide. It is native to Europe , Africa , Australia and much of Asia .
The Kauai Plantation Railway opened for business in January 2007 as “the first new railroad to be built in Hawaii in 100 years.” [29] Indirectly, both the Grove Farm and Kauai Plantation heritage railways share common ancestry. Kauai Plantation Railway offers a tour of Kilohana, the former estate of Gaylord Parke Wilcox (1881–1970 ...
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